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It's because of national preparedness month, this has been planned for some time. The government's advice on how to pack a 72 hour grab bag makes no mention of a zombie apocalypse or bug out bags. All the sensationalist or emotive phrases are part of the newspaper's own editorial.National Preparedness Month | Ready.gov this link take you to the government's webpage.

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You're quite right, my mistake, that is the homeland security website...however to my certain knowledge there has been a prepping/disaster resilience event or exercise planned in the UK each September since 2016. I think the idea was probably lifted from the Americans.

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Yes I seem to recall something of that ilk even if no details spring to mind. To be honest I first though your link was a UK site as it ended in .gov but it was only when I started reading through it and it started talking of the hurrricane season and damage in $ that I twigged.